Art
Richard Yarde Butterfly
- Item Number
- 121
- Sold
- 4000 USD to Live Event Bidder
Item Description
TITLE OF WORK: Papilionidae
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS: 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.
MATERIALS: Watercolor
ABOUT RICHARD YARDE
Richard Yarde has been a signal presence in the New England art world since the mid-1960s. He received a B.F.A. cum laude and a M.F.A. from Boston University. He has trained generations of young artists at a succession of colleges and universities, and has been Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst since 1990. His own work has enriched our sensibilities as he charted a unique watercolor style. Solo and group exhibitions throughout the country have featured his paintings, which reside permanently in nearly three dozen public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Yarde tackles the traditionally intimate art of watercolor with uncharacteristic bravado. Unlike oil or acrylic painting, watercolor brooks no mistakes. Yet Yarde paints on a heroic scale with dazzling color, rich symbols and deeply evocative imagery.
Critics have written – and Yarde concurs – that his body of work has been an exploration of his own history. Early on he painted with joy and verve. He would splash the Roxbury neighborhood where he grew up in the 1950s on large sheets of paper, then turn to rendering imagined scenes from the vibrant jazz world of the Harlem Renaissance.
Item Special Note
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Protect with UV plexi glass. There should be a liner to separate the work from the plexiglass. The work should be hung in indirect sunlight.
SHIPPING INFORMATION: Winning bidder assumes responsibility for shipping. Arrangements can be made directly with the Museum's Collections Department upon completion of the auction for those not present at the live event (contact information to be sent directly to winning bidder). Estimated expense to be $50-75 for most pieces for standard overnight FedEx shipping.
This original piece comes professionally framed by the Museum’s Collections Department.
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